April 17, 2023

Terrorists open fire towards Kibbutz in Gilboa region, no injuries

Terrorists on Monday evening opened fire towards Kibbutz Meirav, located on the downward slopes of Mount Gilboa, around ten kilometers southwest of Beit She’an. A hit on a house in the community was identified, but miraculously, there were no injuries. It is believed the shooting was carried out from the adjacent Arab village of Jalbun.

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Maltese national broadcaster under fire for interview with Nazi author

Police in Malta have filed a report against the author of a revisionist autobiography of Adolf Hitler that attempts to rehabilitate the image of the Nazi leader, according to the Times of Malta. Ronald Bugeja, described in media reports as a “Nazi prison guard,” was featured in an interview by Malta”s national broadcaster TVM promoting

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Antisemitic, anti-Israel graffiti left on Barcelona’s largest synagogue

Antisemitic and anti-Israel was spray-painted on the largest synagogue of Barcelona’s largest synagogue. “Free Palestine from the river to the sea. Solidarity with the Palestinian people,” was written in Catalan on the facade of the Maimonides Synagogue. “From the river to the sea” is a genocidal dog whistle calling for the complete destruction of the

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Jewish NYC assault victim’s dad calls out Schumer, Nadler over inaction

The father of the victim of an antisemitic assault denounced Jewish New York politicians Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer and Rep. Jerry Nadler at a Congressional hearing on Monday, decrying both senior Democrats for ignoring his son”s vicious beating that landed him in the hospital. During the House Judiciary Committee meeting, he charged that Schumer

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Kanye West campaign paid white supremacist Nick Fuentes 30K

Neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes was paid over $30,000 by Kanye West”s 2024 presidential campaign in the first quarter of 2023, the Daily Beast reported. Fuentes received two $10,000 payments on January 2 and February 7 listed as “archival servies [sic],” the news outlet found after reviewing FEC filings. The third reimbursement was made out to Fuentes

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Iranian Crown Prince welcomed by senior officials at Ben Gurion

Intelligence Minister Gila Gamaliel is currently welcoming the Iranian Crown Prince and son of the Shah, Reza Pahlavi, at Ben Gurion Airport. Gamliel will host Pahlavi during his visit. “I congratulate the Iranian Crown Prince on his important visit to Israel as the most senior Iranian personality to ever visit here. We appreciate the Crown

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Live: Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony at Yad Vashem

Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day began this evening (Monday) with a special ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog will speak at the ceremony at Yad Vashem. This year, Israel’s commemorations will highlight the Jewish resistance in the Holocaust and mark the 80th anniversary of the

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President Herzog: We arose from dust and ashes

At this moment, a moment of majesty, mercy, and truth, we can truly hear the heartbeats of an entire nation, standing before their “Days of Awe”: the week that begins tonight and will end with the conclusion of the State of Israel”s 75th Independence Day. But this year is no ordinary year. And this memorial

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UK Jewish org slams London Al-Quds Day rally for Nazi comparisons, antisemitism

A British Jewish advocacy organization expressed outrage that yet again the Al-Quds Day rally was allowed to take place in London featuring Nazi comparisons, calls for Israel”s destruction and “disgraced speakers.” According to Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA), this year”s rally in central London on Sunday saw numerous signs and chants advocating the destruction of the

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New Program: How Bnei Torah are Gaining Mastery of Hilchos Shabbos

How can one choose his shirt from a pile of different types of clothing and not transgress borer on Shabbos? What does one do if there is a power outage on Shabbos? Can someone put food in the oven on Shabbos? These and numerous other questions are impossible to answer unless one has a thorough

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B’nai Brith Canada: ‘Slight decline in antisemitic incidents far from reassuring’

B”nai Brith Canada announced on Monday that its latest data found that antisemitic incidents against Canadian Jews continue to occur at an “unacceptably high” rate, describing the trend as “shameful.” The advocacy organization”s newly released Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents, which it unveiled at the Ottawa press conference, found that there was a slight decrease

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Memorializing the Holocaust: The world versus Israel

This Monday night and Tuesday, Israel and Jewish communities worldwide mark Holocaust Memorial Day. Israel chose this date, 27th Nissan, back in 1951, when the Holocaust was still a horribly fresh memory from the immediate past which the majority of Israel”s population had personally experienced. The date of 27th Nissan has twin significance: First, it

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Man wears burka to enter Kenyan female chess tournament

A man who disguised himself as a woman by wearing a burka made it past the fourth round of the Kenya Chess Championship in Nairobi before arousing suspicion. The chess player, 25-year-old Stanley Omondi, who kept his identify a secret by not speaking to anyone at the tournament, registered under the alias Millicent Awuor. But

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Stabbing attack in Gush Etzion

A man in his 40s was lightly to moderately wounded in a terrorist stabbing attack in Gush Etzion this evening (Monday). The terrorist was neutralized during the attack, the IDF stated. Magen David Adom medics and paramedics, together with IDF medical forces, treated the victim at the scene before evacuating him to Hadassah Ein Kerem

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Roger Waters vows to play Frankfurt citing Kristallnacht

Roger Waters is insisting he will perform in Frankfurt, Germany despite his upcoming concert being canceled over accusations of antisemitism. In late March, the former Pink Floyd frontman charged that Frankfurt was “bullying” him and threatened to pursue legal action to stop the German city from calling off the show. Waters published the statement after

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Lindsay Graham: I want to help Biden get Saudi Arabia to recognize Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Monday), at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, met with US Senator (R-SC) Lindsey Graham. They first met together with Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and then held an expanded meeting in which the Prime Minister’s Military Secretary, Maj.-Gen. Avi Gil, and National Security Council Deputy Director for Foreign Policy

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Marking the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising’s 80th Anniversary

“They did it only for one purpose, the dignity of the Jewish people.” -Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. On April 19, 1943 Nazi forces entered the Warsaw Ghetto with the stated objective of rounding up and deporting all Jews there to death camps, but

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Rabbinical Congress for Peace warns govt. reacting weakly to terrorism

In recent weeks, members of the Rabbinical Congress for Peace have sent repeated appeals to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, warning him that “the current government”s approach is proving to be no different than that of its predecessor, and that its passive and lax response to terror only strengthens Israel’s enemies and may lead to terrible

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IDF: Women to continue to be integrated into combat units

The State Attorney”s Office today (Monday) submitted a response to the Supreme Court on behalf of the IDF on the petitions over the service of female soldiers in military combat units. In its response, the State Attorney”s Office detailed the steps the IDF has taken to allow women to serve in combat units from which

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Georgia teen arrested for synagogue bomb threat hoax

A teenager from Forsyth County, Georgia has been arrested for targeting a synagogue with a bomb threat in March. The Forsyth County Sheriff”s Office (FCSO) said that the bomb threat, which turned out to be a hoax, was made the morning of March 21, with the teen allegedly “stating that a pipe bomb had been

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Toddler bitten by rat in Bnei Brak daycare

A two-year-old toddler was bitten by a rat today (Monday) while playing in his daycare center in Bnei Brak. Parents at the nursery claimed that they contacted the municipality several times and warned about rats on the premises, but were ignored. For the last year, the city of Bnei Brak has been plagued by a

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ADL urges expansion of Holocaust education to all US states

A new campaign by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) aims to expand Holocaust education to schools across the United States, noting it is currently mandated in only 25 states. The #LearnToNeverForget public awareness and advocacy campaign”s goal is to combat the dangerous rise in antisemitism through encouraging Holocaust education and the passage of federal legislation. “Studies

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Brother of murdered woman arrested in Arab town

An additional suspect in the murder of Izhar Abu Rabia, 26, was arrested Monday, Maariv reported. Abu Rabia, a resident of the Arab town of Kseifa, was brought on Saturday night to the Magen David Adom (MDA) station in Arad, unconscious and bearing signs of violence on her body, apparently caused by a knife. MDA

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91-Year-Old Holocaust survivor tastes mufletas for the first time

Last Wednesday, Mordechai Greenstein attended his first Mimouna, the celebration held by North African Jewish communities at the end of the Pesach festival, tasting the traditional mufletas for the first time in his life. For Mordechai, a 91-year-old Holocaust survivor from Ma”alot Tarshiha, religious celebrations don”t come easy. Mordechai was born in the city of

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